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Vojtech Zamarovský (5 October 1919 in Zamarovce – 26 July 2006 in 
After studying law and economics in
] - history of the Roman Empire
*''Grécky zázrak'' (1974) [The Greek wonder] - history of ancient Greece
*''Ich veličenstvá pyramídy'' (1977) [Their Majesties, the Egyptian pyramids, pyramids] - on Egyptian pyramids
*''Na počiatku bol Sumer'' (1966) t the beginning, there was Sumer">Sumer.html" ;"title="t the beginning, there was Sumer">t the beginning, there was Sumer- history of the Sumerians
*''Objavenie Tróje'' (1962) [The discovery of Troy] - history of archaeological excavations in Troy and an explanation of old Greek epics and mythology
*''Vzkriesenie Olympie'' (1978) [Resurrection of Olympia, Greece, Olympia] - history of the [Prague
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) was a Slovak writer of historical non-fiction
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literature. He also translated from English, German, French and Latin.
After studying law and economics in Bratislava
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and Prague
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, Zamarovský moved to Prague and worked in several state offices. From 1956 on he worked only as a writer. His books concentrated on the life of ancient Mediterranean
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nations. He wrote both in the Slovak and Czech languages. Zamarovský became immensely popular in Czechoslovakia
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, and his works were also translated abroad.
During his final years, he suffered from Parkinson's disease
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and spent the last two months of his life in a coma
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.
Major works
Books (with literal English translations): *''Bohovia a hrdinovia antických bájí'' (1969) ods and heroes of ancient myths- a dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman mythology *''Bohovia a králi starého Egypta'' (1986) ods and kings of ancient Egypt">ancient_Egypt.html" ;"title="ods and kings of ancient Egypt">ods and kings of ancient Egypt- history of ancient Egypt *''Dejiny písané Rímom'' (1971) [History written by Ancient Rome">Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...Olympic Games
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*''Za siedmimi divmi sveta'' (1960) Seven Wonders of the World">Seven Wonders of the Ancient World">Seven Wonders of the World- description of ancient monuments and of the corresponding cultures
*''Za tajemstvím říše Chetitů'' (1961) uest of the Mystery of the Empire of the Hittites">Hittites.html" ;"title="uest of the Mystery of the Empire of the Hittites">uest of the Mystery of the Empire of the Hittites- a homage to Bedřich Hrozný, who was the first to decipher Hittite language (therefore the book was written in Czech first)
TV series (13 episodes):
*''Veľké civilizácie staroveku'' [Great Civilizations of Ancient Times]
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Short biography (in Slovak)
(in Czech) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zamarovsky, Vojtech 1919 births 2006 deaths Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in the Czech Republic Slovak writers Czechoslovak writers People from Trenčín District StB